The 2025–26 Premier League season concluded on May 24 with Arsenal lifting the title and several individual awards settled. Erling Haaland claimed the Golden Boot with 27 goals, while Bruno Fernandes topped the assist charts with 21 and David Raya secured the Golden Glove with 19 clean sheets.

Haaland finished as the division’s top scorer for the third time in four seasons. His 27 goals helped Man City remain central to the title race. Haaland now has three Premier League Golden Boots to his name, the same amount as division legends Alan Shearer and Harry Kane. Only Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah have won more Golden Boot awards than the Norwegian striker.

Brentford’s Igor Thiago took second place in the scoring charts with 22 goals. Antoine Semenyo finished on 17 goals after a split season that saw him score 10 for Bournemouth before joining Man City in January and adding seven more. Ollie Watkins ended the campaign with 16 goals, the highest total among English players, while João Pedro and Morgan Gibbs-White each recorded 15.

Bruno Fernandes set a new benchmark for creativity, collecting 21 assists to win the Playmaker Award and break the single-season assist record previously held since 2002–03. Fernandes’s performances also saw him named the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season. Rayan Cherki provided 12 assists and Jarrod Bowen 11; Haaland contributed eight assists. Dominik Szoboszlai, James Garner, Mohamed Salah and Harry Wilson all finished on seven assists.

In goal, David Raya produced a standout campaign with 19 clean sheets in 37 appearances, claiming the Golden Glove for a third consecutive season. Gianluigi Donnarumma had 15 clean sheets, while Jordan Pickford, Dean Henderson and Đorđe Petrović shared third place on 11.

These awards underline the individual performances that shaped a memorable season, with Arsenal crowned champions and the league’s leading scorers, creators and goalkeepers recognised for their contributions.

The Premier League reaches its final day with several distinct threads still to be resolved. Arsenal travel to Selhurst Park to conclude an historic campaign, and how their players respond to Tuesday night’s extended title celebrations will be obvious from the first whistle. Selection changes are expected and could produce either a lively goal fest or a subdued end to the season. The trophy will be presented after the final whistle, with skipper Martin Ødegaard first to lay hands on the prize. Twenty-two years of anguish banished to the history books.

Tottenham face a far more fraught finish. Despite sitting in the driving seat for survival, Spurs remain uncertain of their safety. West Ham are two points behind with a much worse goal difference, which leaves Tottenham realistically needing only a draw at home to Everton to secure their top-flight status. West Ham host Leeds United knowing their destiny is out of their hands, while Tottenham must arrest the inconsistency that has defined their campaign.

Chelsea can still affect their European destination with a trip to Sunderland. With incoming manager Xabi Alonso watching, the Blues can secure continental football next season, whether via the Europa League or the Conference League, the latter having been won by the Blues in 2024–25. Victory at the Stadium of Light would give them a decent chance of making the Europa League, but they will require a favour from Manchester United at Brighton & Hove Albion. A draw makes progression trickier and defeat could prove fatal to their hopes.

Manchester City’s finale at the Etihad against Aston Villa marks the end of an era. Pep Guardiola will oversee his final game as Man City boss at home, and club icons John Stones and Bernardo Silva will also be saying their goodbyes. Guardiola and his players will be determined to finish with a fitting result.

Liverpool will bid farewell to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson after nine-year spells at Anfield. A win or draw at home to Brentford will guarantee Champions League qualification; a defeat is unlikely to drop them out of the top five given Bournemouth’s need for a seven-goal swing to overtake sixth.

Manchester United travel to Brighton with nothing riding on the result except Bruno Fernandes’ individual chase. “The Portuguese playmaker, who was named Premier League Player of the Season on Saturday, is hunting down the division’s assist record. Having tied with Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry last time out, one more assist on the south coast will take his tally to an unprecedented 21 for the season.”

Sunday’s fixtures bring closure to a season of sharp contrasts. Manchester City’s midweek slip meant Arsenal have been crowned champions for the first time in 22 years. Their celebrations began on Tuesday night and will continue across the capital on Sunday, starting in south London and stretching back north.

The European places remain tangled with multiple permutations, but the real pressure sits at the bottom. The relegation battle has reached the final day and Tottenham Hotspur still aren’t safe. With the season on the line, form and nerves will matter more than headlines.

Manchester United have confirmed Michael Carrick as their new manager on a two-year deal after he guided a stagnating Red Devils to third. His side travel to Brighton, where the Seagulls may regret their defeat at Elland Road last weekend. That loss was costly: an underhit Jan Paul van Hecke back pass allowed a late goal. Brighton sit seventh and could finish as high as sixth or as low as ninth, with European qualification still possible.

At Turf Moor the bottom two meet in what the author admits is almost too cheap to label ’El Crápico,’ because that’s what everybody else is doing. Wolves have shown some signs of improvement in 2026 but will still finish below Burnley on the final day, the Clarets two points better off after Wolves earned a point at home to Fulham.

Crystal Palace will prioritise next Wednesday’s Conference League final, so Oliver Glasner can rotate freely while Arsenal lift their trophy at Selhurst Park. Fulham host Newcastle in a game with little at stake, and Liverpool should hand Mohamed Salah a fitting farewell: “Hand him a start and let the Liverpool supporters embrace him one last time.” A point would likely be enough for the Reds to secure Champions League football.

Manchester City say goodbye to Pep Guardiola on Sunday, with Enzo tasked with succeeding him. City still earned a domestic cup double in his final season and will bid farewell to John Stones and Bernardo Silva.

Below are the match-by-match predictions for Gameweek 38.